Last Call at Maud's

Last Call at Maud's is a 1993 American documentary film directed by Paris Poirier. The film explores the history of lesbian culture from the 1940s to the 1990s as it records the last evening of Maud's, a San Francisco lesbian bar that closed in 1989 after 23 years in operation.[1][2]

Last Call at Maud's
Directed byParis Poirier
Produced by
  • Paris Poirier
  • Karen Kiss
Music byTim Horrigan
Cinematography
  • Cheryl Rosenthal
  • Gary Sanders
Edited by
  • Paris Poirier
  • Elaine Trotter
Production
companies
Maud's Project
Release date
  • February 5, 1993 (1993-02-05) (San Francisco)
Running time
77 minutes
CountryUnited States

The documentary combines vintage footage with interviews with Maud's owner, Rikki Streicher, its employees, and patrons, including Judy Grahn, Sally Gearhart, Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon.[3][4][5][6][7]

Last Call at Maud's was shown as a work-in-progress at the San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival on June 24, 1992.[8] The film held its world premiere in San Francisco at the Castro Theatre on February 5, 1993;[9][10] and screened at the 1993 Berlin International Film Festival in the Panorama section.[11][12]

References
  1. Holmlund, Chris; Fuchs, Cynthia, eds. (1997). Between the Sheets, in the Streets: Queer, Lesbian, Gay Documentary (1st ed.). University of Minnesota Press. p. 251. ISBN 0-8166-2774-6.
  2. Block, Jenny (November 9, 2018). "'Last Call At Maud's' – The Documentary That Preserved the Last Drop of Our Lesbian History". AfterEllen. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  3. Elley, Derek (February 25, 1993). "Last Call at Maud's". Variety.
  4. Alvin, Rebecca M. (October 9, 2013). "Finding Your Tribe: Revisiting Lesbian Bar Culture in Last Call at Maud's". Provincetown Magazine. Archived from the original on August 25, 2016. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
  5. Holden, Stephen (March 19, 1993). "Fond Recollections Of a Part of Gay History". The New York Times.
  6. Hankin, Kelly (2002). The Girls in the Back Room: Looking at the Lesbian Bar. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. p. 147. ISBN 978-0816639281. last call at maud's.
  7. Kempley, Rita (October 29, 1993). "'Last Call at Maud's'". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  8. "Sixteenth San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival". San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival. June 1992. Retrieved June 26, 2019. (via issuu)
  9. Harvey, Dennis (January 31, 1993). "A Good Seat to Observe Revolution of Gay Culture". San Francisco Chronicle.
  10. Gerhard, Susan (February 3, 1993). "Girls On Tap". San Francisco Bay Guardian.
  11. "Last Call at Maud's". Berlin International Film Festival. 1993. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  12. "Programme 1993". Berlin International Film Festival. 1993. Retrieved June 26, 2019.

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